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Relativistic Lasers and High Energy Astrophysics

Gamma Ray Bursts and Highest Energy Acceleration

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Two of the most enigmatic and interesting high energy astrophysical phenomena of recent years are those of gamma ray bursts (GRB) and extremely high energy cosmic rays (EHECR). Each of these problems provides an opportunity to better understand the Universe through it and yet challenges our understanding of its physical processes. Central to these problems is their extreme high energy (or density). They may imply highly nonlinear physical processes. For example, copious high energy tail Ƴ particles in GRB are of such a problem. Meanwhile, apparent coincidence of some EHECR’s beyond the Greisen cutoff are another. It is possible that underlying in these high energy (density) phenomena is highly nonlinear, collective and compact acceleration mechanism. We present a possible microscopic emission mechanism of a gamma ray burst (GRB). We examine two fundamental dynamical processes of high-density matter that can be responsible for GRB emission in a merge of neutron stars. They are Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) formation and photonic acceleration processes due to mode-conversion of an Alfven wave. High gravitational potential and collective pressure on neutrons, when neutron stars merge, can raise the temperature of neutron matter above 200 MeV. This could cause a QGP phase transition coupled with a relativistic expansion that proceeds without losing too much thermal energy into neutrino pairs. Ultra-relativistic gamma rays and electrons are the natural ejecta from the decay of relativistic mesons in a very fast hadronization process from the QGP fluid. In both QGP and electron-photon plasma, the high magnetic fields and Lorentz factors of the injected particles can induce mode-conversion of Alfven wave to an Electromagnetic (EM) wave in a merge of neutron-stars.

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  1. Department of Physics, and the Center for Applied Optics, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899

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  2. Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712

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Takahashi, Y., Hillman, L.W., Tajima, T. (2000). Relativistic Lasers and High Energy Astrophysics. In: Tajima, T., Mima, K., Baldis, H. (eds) High-Field Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1299-8_13

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